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The 5890 Å output from a CW dye laser was converted into a train of 0.5 ns pulses by frequency modulation and passage through a near-resonant atomic vapor delay line of Na. The theory of the process is discussed in both the time and frequency domains. Using a modulation index of 120 at a frequency of 17.8 MHz, we obtained values for the temporal compression ratio and intensity enhancement of 112 and 14, easily the largest that have been reported.
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Wigmore, J.K., Grischkowsky, D.R. (1985). Temporal Compression of Light. In: Abraham, N.B., Arecchi, F.T., Mooradian, A., Sona, A. (eds) Physics of New Laser Sources. NATO ASI Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6187-0_6
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